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NEWS OF OAKLAND, BERKELEY, ALAMEDA, HAYWARD AND SAN LEANDRO
DAN CUPID'S PLANS
ENLIVEN LUNCHEON
Engagement of Miss Mollie
* Mathes and Lester A. Greene
Is Revealed at Feast
OAKLAND. Dec. 27.— The most in
teresting betrothal announcement of
the season wae made this afternoon
when the engagement of Lester j/A.
Greene and Miss Mollie Mathes was told
at a luncheon given by Mrs. Frank
Proctor at the Claremont country club.
Greene belongs to a Chicago family.
He came to the coast a few years ago
to establish himself in business in San
Francisco. .His fiancee is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dana Homer Mathes.
one of the oldest families on this sia«
of the bay. Miss Mathes has been
popular In the younger set and promi
nent in society in San Francisco as
well as in Oakland. She has been for
several seasons a. member of the Fri
day Night club, the Assembly club and
several other organizations.
Although no definite plans have been
rr.ade for the wedding it will be. cele
brated early In the spring. A number
of affairs are being arranged in Miss
Mathes' honor.
A score of the friends of Mrs. Proc
tor and Miss Mathes enjoyed the lunch
eon at which the announcement was
made.
In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ken
n«dy Jackson, formerly Miss Gfadys
Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs.H. • O. Capwell
and Mis? Dorothy Capwell will give a
rip.r.ce at the Claremont country club
Friday evening. January^ 6. A large
number nf the smart set "was included
In the invitations, which were issued
today.
Mr. and Mrs. James Hisgins will en
tertain more than a score of members
r*t one of the winter's card clubs Satur
day evening. A dainty supper will be
** * *
Mrs. Edwin GoodaH. Dr. C. M. Cooper
find Mrs. Cooper ' have closed their
T-akeside residence' and taken apart
ments .at the Fairmont for the winter.
Mis? Ruth Soule will entertain a
number of the younger set at a holi
day dance at her home in Alameda
Monday evening. £9?3gi
In the presence of a few friends last
evening Frank McNutt claimed Miss
Mabel Paul as his bride at the resi
dence of the bride's parents. Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Paul, in Alameda. The
service was read by Rev. Robert Mc-
Hatton of Fruitvale. After their hon
eyrhoon Mr. and Mrs. McNutt will es
tablip'i their residence in San Fran
c!sco, where the bridegroom is engaged
in business.
DESPONDENCY CAUSED
WHERRY TO KILL SELF
Son of Missionary a Suicide in
Mexico
BERKELEY, Dec. 27. — Robert R.
Wherry.' son of Dr.* John Wherry, for
many years a missionary in the orient,
committed suicide" at Sierra Madre,
Mpx. Despondency due to ill health is
the reason feiven for the act. For many
years Wherry has been suffering from
tubercular troubjp. His body was
found with a bullet hole in the head
at the foot of Mount Wilson in Sierra
Madre.
He was 37 years of age. and is sur
vived by a widow and two children.
His «ist«?r. Edith Wherry, author of "A
Great Gulf Fixed," is traveling in
Europe with her father. Two brothers
livinj? in N*"w York also survive.
Wherry was a graduate of Princeton
university and the New York law
school. He. was. secretary of a cement
company at. Sierra Madre.
CUPID MAKES SHASTA
SHERIFF A PRISONER
Official Marries Redding Belle
in Oakland
OAKLAND. Dec. 27.— .TameE L. Mont
gomery, sheriff of Shasta county, and
Msi=s Masie Jordan of Redding, were
married this afternoon by Justice of the
P<=ace Quinn. after a hasty trip from
the northern county. The couple ar
rived in Oakland this morning and
secured the marriage license as soon as
poss=ibl<». Following the tying of the
knot they returned home.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Irby Jordan of Redding, and Is
one of the belles of that city. She is 25
years old. Montgomery, one of the
most popular officials of the section,
also is a resident of Redding, and is
52 years old.
The bride was modishly gowned in
a light gray tailored suit, and wore a
large black hat laden with ostrich
plumes.
SLEEPY MAN STEPS
FROM MOVING TRAIN
Proprietor of Five Point House,
Redwood City, Severely Hurt
[Special D'upalch to The Call]
REDWOOD CITY, Dec. 27. — Aroused
from a sound *!eep in the smoking car
of a rapidly moving passenger train
and told of the proximity of his des
tination, John Meyer, proprietor of the
Five Point house in this city, rushed
in a daz^d condition to the plat
form and stepped from the train near
the Dumbarton cutoff at 7:20 o'clock
last night.
He KUFtained a fractured thigh and
hip, a broken finger and possibly a
fractured skull, and received numerous
cuts and bruises t on the face and body.
Meyer was a -*nenVber of a party of
40 who wenttoHollister. to attend the
funeral of Matt Wilson yesterday.
Dn=. J. L. Ross and H. W. Taggart
declare that unless complications set
in Meyer wil recover.
UNIDENTIFIED BODY
FOUND JN THE BAY
George Hamon, Machinist, Is
Missing From Home
ALAMEDA. | Deaf 27.~Theibadly]|dJ
composed' body of a man was recov
ered from the bay near Bay Farm isl
and this afternoon by Dr. C. M.L,indsey
of Oakland, who, while hunting, no
ticed the body drifting with the cur
rent. . , .
The body. is. that : of a man about. s
feet 9 Inches in height. It- was at
tired in a blue'serge suit, blue stock
ings and tie and oxford shoes. The
underwear was of good quality and In
good condition. The body had evidently
been m the waterabout three weeks.
-The body may be that of George Ha
mon. ,a machinist,- who . disappeared
three weeks 'ago from his home,_ 464
DeVisadero street, San Francisco, as the
clothing corresponds to. the description
Hamon's wife reported his disappear
ance to the- San Francisco police last
night;.;: ",-r-^-u— _— — — — \u25a0-^-:-^-
SOCIETY GIRL TELLS
OF HER BETROTHAL
Miss Mollie Mather, "who is engaged to be married to Lester. A. Greene of
San Francisco. .
SWITCH CHARGES
ARE DYING HARD
Railways Permitted to Continue
Exactions Until March 1
Pending Court Decision
WASHINGTON. De^ 27. — By an order
of the interstate commerce commission
announced today the switching charges
exacted by the railroads in I-os Angeles
and San Francisco, Cal.; will continue
in. effect until March 1, i9ll,at least.
.These exactions aggregate many thou
sands of dollars annually.
About a year ago the Associated Job
bers of Los Ang-eles and the Pacific Coast
jobbers and jnaniifacturers' association
of San FranoFsco filed complaints with
the commission against the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe and the Southern
Pacific/alleging- that the .switching:
charge of $2.50 a car assessed by the
defendant lines on shippers for the
plating of cars on sidings ,or spur
tracks was unreasonable and discrim
inatory.
The commission after a- full hearing
ordered the discontinuance qX /the
charge July 1, 1910. Subsequently pro
ceedings were instituted in the courts
by the defendants to. annul the order
of the commission. Thereupon the com
mission, pending a decision of the
courts, extended the effective date. of
its order to 'January 1, 1911. -As tile
case has not been decided the commis
sion today granted a further extension
of its order until March 1.
. Meantime switching charges are be
ing exacted by the railroads. If the>
commission's orders should be eventu
ally sustained by the courts the ship
pers will have cause. for asking repara
tion in a large # sum from the railroads
TANFORAiN ACCUSED OF
THREATS TO KILL WIFE
Husband Alleged to; Have Com=
pelled Deeding of Property
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN RAFAEL,.. Dec. 27.— That she
deeded valuable property.- interests to
her husband becrfuse he threatened to
kill her if she did.not Is the statement
contained in a suit filed against Frank
C. Tanforan by . his wife; Stella for
recovery of the property. ; The'Tan
forans have resided for years on a part
of the big Valencia estate six miles
north of hern near, Ignacio. The prop
erty involved comprises a. seventh ,of
the $100,000 estate of Mrs.. Catilina
Valencia, mother of Mrs. Tanforan and
sister of Supervisor G. Pacheoa. .
Tanforan comes of the family after
which the Tanforan racetrack was
named. -\u25a0 his father having been; a"
wealthy' rancher and' breeder.' of fine
horses. , . -" , '\u0084'.
Mrs. Tanforan ocupies the old, Black
homestead,;, where- General Freemont
was entertained at 'the time'of the Bear.
Flag war.
ALUMNI -ASSOCIATION
GATHERS AT BERKELEY
Northern California Members
Hold Reception
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
BERKELEY,' Dec 27.— Members of
Alumni • association.! of northern Cali
fornia gave a reception at the Shattuck
hotel this evening in honor ?of -Dr.
George Jones, dean "of • college;. of
education; of "the University of ;Mlnne-"
sota. Fifty members of i theVassocia
tion attended.-/,' Among the guests! were
Professor . George -A;- Clark, secretary,'
and Miss i Mary/Brooks; librarian of : : Le-
Jaiid : Stanford : ? imiversity;'..OfHcers7 of
the association .whoj received- the guests
\vere:;W. A.%Chowen, ; president; Dr.
Robert Schneider of the! University; of
California, -vice-president,';:-; and "\u25a0 Miss
Clara Edith: Bailey of : the' Oakland high
school,: secretary.' ' '*• ; -^\u0084- -;••\u25a0'•" *
THE S^ mAN^^
MRS. KELLOGG TO
BE BURIED TODAY
Services Will Be Conducted at
the Home in Bushnell
Place
BERKELEY. Dec. 27.— The. funeral of
Mrs. Louise Wells Kellogg, widow of
the late Dr. Martin Kellogg, president
of the University of California, will be
held tomorrow morning at 1 o'clockat
her homo in -Bushnell place, in" which
she resided for the last" 37 years.; Mrs.
George D. Metcalf,'.' a sister, 'and "wife,
of an Oakland attorney, is her only
living, relative. \u25a0 \u25a0 . . .
The funeral "service, tomorrow will
be simple. ; Interment will be : ln Moun
tain View cjemetery.
Mrs. Kellogg died unexpectedly, Sun
day # night o£. heart y. disease .after" an
illness of a week. \u25a0 .
JOHNSON AFRAID
OF HIS CHAUFFEUR
1 8 Year Old French Mechanician
Is Arrested for Alleged \u25a0*;'.%
Threats on Life
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
Chicago; pec. 27. — What /jack
Johnson, heavy weight champion;. of the
world, 1 firmly believes was' a narrow
escape from death was revealed today
when" Gaston Le Fort,.;a!French; me
chanician,; 38- years old, who, had been
acting. as chauffeur for the : riegro, was
taken. into custodjV"
AfterLe Fort, accordingjto thefam-'
ily of the nef?rb,. had threatened to kill
Johnson on Christmas" eve ' at the; John
son residence, he . was \u25a0 shadowed '\u25a0 • and
his arrest* followed' lastl night.' : '
. Troubled lias :J been brewinK" in ... the
Johnson household"" ever.; since';; the
champion claimed : he ..'.wars r suffering
from ptomaine poisoning, at ? Lowell,
Mass., and went to '•; Boston fforr r medical
treatment.;" At" "that time a J stories; of
his nervous breakdown, were' circu
lated. .Shortly/ ; before; 1 this if Johnson;
while ,in New York, ; had 'engasedWLe
Fort as chauffeur.. , ..,.'/., .',".'
•According- to .Tohnpon, a ' friendship
appeared ; ot existv,between : the- woman
who ris known -asy the pugilist's JJwif e
and the "chauffeur."^ From 'Boston;; John
son -'returned , to." Chicago -to -recover
from the "effects of
.while ; here confided ; to ; friends that; he
feared -attempts .: to "?do/him: injury. '-:
Detectives were ; employed; and -Yon
Christmas \u25a0 eve", reported *to "Johnson ' that
Le .' Fort ; and > the < woman jfwer'e ? out- to
gether and ? were seen Jat, several • places
on .the 'south'; sidei Johnson i found her.
and-, later; she \ was: vremoved-hto^ the
AVashington Park J hospital,*^ apparently,
suff eri ng \u25a0from*; physical Violence. '>•' \u25a0 - \
During vthe . 'night; Le/ ; Fort, 1- it ',' is
claimed- at- the *JoJinlsonfresidence; : ; made
three or 'four attempts Itojg'et^inlah en
trance '„ to the 'house • through" the i rear
door/; but- was* unable _'\u25a0< tof&o ?s'o; because
of the: interfference. of- Jack's
andf; sisters.. : ToY them; 'he^madeSthe
threat, it is, said,* that he * was : ."going; to
kill' the .champion*' arid, his vwife. \u25a0
J ' MIDWINTERmEAQUE £
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-The">taincPi.plß.rpd~by- the \u25a0 teams f composing
the y : California *; baseball:.;; proteetiTelUeagne" 1 on
Monday resulted; as follows: ;\u25a0:.-. -.'\u25a0.'. \u0084.. .
;.- \u25a0" Class A—^Kaspillers * 9.'> Yoseniltes O,S at * High
land ; park ; > Turkey * Reds \ o,¥ Booth j Crescents 1 0,*
at I Lincoln ; park :> Clan > monts'-*2.'« Gas 0 "
nti St.-'Merj-'s college; iMoss;Beach' 3' Goodyears
o, at ' Oaklan d: r Army. 6; ' Clarions : 3,' 'at \u25a0 Presidio
athletlc : ground*." - •: \u25a0, ; ,; . > -
— Class?B— Doud«:9. s ' Halght Street'-Marehants'iO/
atf-Lobosaßquarej^Mlstloa^MerehaxitßylS.-^Kast
Richmond 1 8, *at \u25a0 East * Richmond ; _ Acmes B r^ Colts
3, at; Seventh s aadvHanlaoa,' grounds.' \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0-;>"..?
DIVORCE DELAYED
BY LACK OF COIN
Husband Wil\ing to Be Sepa
rated From Wife; but Can't
Pay Costs "
if- OAKLAND, Dec. 27. — >Tudge Ogden
declined' to accept; the plea of Samuel
Nelson that he was .too poor to pay "his
wife's costs in the; divorce suitpending
between, them. -"Nelson said that; he -had
no objection; to his -wife' Addie'.; getting
'a'diyofce. decree.Tbut.he could not; give
her the money she wanted, for her 'at
torney and '.witnesses.',' \Judge • Ogden
gave ; him- until: January :24 to get.' s the
money, and in the>rrieantime refiised'to
make -any progress ;in the suit until
thai' date. : : " """" ." :-*\u25a0 '". . * •."*" ;. '
\u0084; According to j Mrs. Ida. T. -Ward,' her
husband, •'.; Arthur,", did \u25a0\u25a0'; riot give .her
enough.. money , to : buy," proper clothing
and^fqund \u25a0fault^withfher,: because 'sh«"
was"; not. 'dressed Vsultably7 J -Mrs.-: Ward
bega."n ; siilt '. f or'.; diyorce^.today^. on*. the
ground of habitual neglect. >" ' ;
' ; Holding that ; neither «Emery R. Gates
nor;hls wife,'- Josepliine, had told ; the
truth,'*' Judge <-Ellsw6rth' "today ; denied
both, a -divorce ."decree.'-.; Gates -sued : his
wife on the ground^of desertion, and
she "filed a ;cross ; complaint alleging
habitual, neglect. : .
Mary G.Goff. was given a final, decree
from Jesse J.'Goff.,' - . :.
PUPILS WILL BE
GUESTS OF PUCKETT
Prominent Dancing Teacher to
Give Seventeenth Anniver=
sary Ball Tonight
The seventeenth grand anniversary
ball Mo the graduates and, pupils ' of
Puckett's dancing- school will; be given
at Puckett's Cotiilion hall in Church
street near Duboce avenue this . evening
at 8 o'clock. George R. Puckett will be
host and 'several hundred of his. present
and former pupils_ will be his guests. .
: For more than 20 years the dancing
schools under the genial leadership of
Puckett have "-flourished in I Polk and
Church {streets, and the last 17 years
haveibeen -marked; by big. annual-Haalls
to which alljof ; his pupils, past and
present, 'have been welcome. -These re
ceptions always have .been 'of - a jolly
and informal nature 'and -have been
given ..over,: to. dancing,' \u25a0\u25a0with- a supper
at-midnight. ~\' : '/'.'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'. ";./..-'^v-s- ';\u25a0 "-;.\u25a0. \u25a0\u25a0-'-}_
; "Tonight^the ball willjbe; on a more
elaborate, scale' than \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 usual,, as a beauti
ful souvenir; will be presented to the
guests by \ the grand master :of ; cere
monles, :and in "the cotillon;- which
promises to be one. of the most, inter
esting featttres^; the-; favors will betih
terestlnglandVuhique., The; decorations
also will be'unusual, 1 great: quantities
of red berries ; and ; flaming poinsettias,
with evergreens, in" honor of , the sea-,
son, turning the vast: Cotillion hall into
a bower Tof^bloom. — \u25a0\u25a0 • \u25a0 \u25a0• - •
These; annual;reunions arranged- by
Puckett, ' who has stood \ for • many \u25a0 yea rs
at^ the head of "the dancing .masters in
this city, have always proved^most.en
joyable £ affairs,"; arid = tonight ., a,, larger
and -. more' \u25a0 brilliant ; assemblage r than
usual, is* assured.' ' Puplls.rahging back
through all; the ; years.sine© ,"the ? first
classes : were ;• formed" have signified
their --. intention ~\ of v.being . present, .; so
from X present ;; estimates \u25a0\u25a0,- 500 or" more
guests will assemble under Puckett's
leadership. ":>''"• . \u0084 ; '.-
The i ball' will; open --at- 8 o'clock and
will continue until as late as the danc
ers see 'fit, ; the",' hall .arid" the- floor and
the excellent music ; of S-^the '.; regular
orchestra ; being all at their; disposal.
All of" the new dances thatare'.the rage
among 'then social lights of .:: Paris I and
New York, and" which have been ;in
cluded j on L the \u25a0' 1 IstVof \u25a0 this :year's 5 danc
ing lessons :in the classes : at ; the two
academies, will be* seen tonight," 'the
Boston, the skaters and thfv other fash
ionable '". dances", of . the , winter : being
among- accomplishments -In which
pupils jexcel.' ' . ;'"'.'-.. ' - v W '
sluiTOR USES GAS PIPE:
ON HEADOF HISRIVAL
Course of ' True Love Strenuous
at Belmorit
[Special -Dispatch to The Call]
BELMONT, Dec. 27.- — Too manysuit
ora- for the'hand- of th« same girl -Is
said to have caused Stanislau Cisnax
arid ," Johht 'Midolatis/i employes*' of the
San Ca-rlosfdairy, ". to beat ;R: ; Savitska
on 'the head with -a gas -pipe ;in the
road leading "to Belmont t school last
night: :;; v V, >- ' ' \u25a0:' : -\u25a0'-.'• '\u25a0'
:.Cisnaor, and ; Midplatis ' were arrested
this Jmorning; arid .charged -with assault
with a deadly weapon... \u0084/~. " ;. .
\u25a0] . Savitska; ; who . isVemployed ,by Super
intendent; Dale of .the fAllard-Pearsall
properties.\ls,in;a r serious condition. .
WOMAN FATALLY HURT
; AS ENGINE HITS AUTO
'•'; V ISAL.I A^DecJ; 27:-r-Mrs. T. . E. ? L»Mc-
Faydehwas fatally f Injured and her^hus
band.Va} Fresno i.businessman.i; slightly
hurt i at .; Goshen g Junction tf yesterday
evening when their •automobile h was
struck; by: an? engine,' : . : which; was back
ing. on; ; the '; . Southern "-•\u25a0; Pacific ""track : ; : at
the -crossing. '.Fred Housei ;,who' was i; ac
companying the McFaydens on a : - motor-,
cyjclerr called,' to tthe 'i engineer '£ to \u25a0: stopj
but' too ; late|' to. /avert ; the;; collision.
; The {engineer/ declared 1 that he did hot
see? the :automobile;> which was wrecked."
\u25a0'hi lo^^|wta#lp
\ijl science^ jDossesM I\J
Ji Mwear{andtretairii / r r
(i X]^i7k>hcl^ Brilliancy. /. \ ; iY\
'\u25a0jJvU&'V' EXCUWWE COAST A6EHTT '/ I .1-
; No agents -or -. branch f: stores! ;
-This; gem is^not» sold^elsewliere*
;qn the -pacific; Coast:; Beware
oft substitutes. ,*.'*;/ •; .;
- :4CATAJLOC^ ONJ REQIJEST-H
REFUGEE SHACKS
STIR UP ARGUMENT
Health Board Hears Plea of Re=
tention, but Orders Some
Removed ;
.Orderly \u25a0routine^ was enlivened at ; the
meeting . of .. the "board * of / health ;, last
night by' Dennis Murray; who protested
against \u25a0 the dispossession of- aged
women* from their refugee abodes. He
replied to Dr." ; W>F:- ; McNu'tfs criticism
of .1 certain inemb'ersTfqr," lack ;of- .'sup-
Vprt-fhy ;;say,ing he-stood»with/the poor
people.- favoring; the retention of ; refu
gee .shacks where- the ; occupants 'were
unable to pay. Tent. ; ' .
Upon; complaint 1 of representatives
from^thej West; End- betterments club
a 1 12; shacksa c ks \u25a0\u25a0 in \u25a0,itiejTloo\, itiej Tl o o \ bloc k Vl n> Tu r k
.street;i were : ordered .'removed. -Wlien
therboard seemedaboutito'.take similar
action' in the case of Mrs. C." McConnell,
63 > y§ars old, Murray^ objected. Action
onher'refugee home at 648Point'Ii6bos
avenue was - deferred.
Attorney j;.L:*"Nagle "told the -board
thatVboth'Mrs. Heih^andUhe, house she
occupied 'at 203 Parker "avenue were
undesirable/ •. A- policeman " had inti
mated that-she sold liquor there, and.
pendingproof- of the lawyer's charges,
'board ' postponed action.
• Su pervi sors • Heal y a nd Walsh • of i the
hospital and Jiealtli cornmitte'eTappeared'
befoce -the board of health, regarding
appropriations for more -medical;.-in
spectors and. 'nurses in the schools. At
\u25a0present there is onlyone inspector'and
a.:Staq*of four nurses to look .after :85
schools with 44,000 pupils.
Doctor McXutt estimated there should
be, one nurse for each 30,000 of .popula
tion. •' 'Doctor AVemple,' the present in
spector,, aaked the supervisors for at
least* four assistants. Nurses, he said,
discovered diseases in the schools^. and
60 '.schools, especially the primary,
needed; inspection. - i \^-L^'-'-
.While they "felt it Impossible to ap
propriate funds at this.time. Walsh and
Healy promised to bring the matter
before, the board of :• supervisors at
its '.next meeting. w
Sanitaa\v : conditions ln^the Everett
school. were stated by Frank J. Klimm
to be deplorable.^ The health commit
tee, will recommend setting apart $12.
000' for repairing, the plumbing. -
16 YEAR OLD BURGLAR; *
SHOT AND IS DYING
Mother; Dreams of Son's Death
on Night- of; Shooting
TACOMAv Dec. 27.— Victor A. Seeley.
a 16year old burglar, found, robbing a
grocery, store in the .residence" section
at 1, o'clock this morning, and shot: by
Patrolman Garberg after, refusing to
heed : a command to hold up his hands,
is dying. In .the. hospital. The bullet
entered -the ; lower, part of the -boy's
back and perforated the intestines In
several places. ' ; -.'.'
.George "Turner, ; another boy sought
by';<.the -police, made ihis escape. The
boys', were * recently employed *as , mes
sengers, : but are said; by. the,pollce ;to
have been implicated In, several recent
burglaries.. 1 ;• ' : -
Seeley has lived: with l .his parents at
South'," Tacoma. Last night his mother
dreamed of her , son's 'death, and - the
news of the shooting of; the boy was
brought to her. at -daybreak. . *
LICENSES IESUEIX— Rpdwood City,' Deo. 27.—
Tiio.follorrlnjr. marrlß(te ; licenses haT9 been
lowed: OliTer W. Kay. 30. and Gold!*- M.
Roberts. . 20. both of v San Francisco; Morris
Fointalne. 23, -and" Raymond Archibald. . 23,
"- both of. San- Francisco; - Ulywes Goldonx. 35 \u25a0
San Mateo. 1 and Mary H. -\u25a0 McMillan. 36. Bur
llngamP: Michael Baker. 32. and Margaret
\u25a0 Burke. 28. - both of San Mateo.
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mf- • GHina was nearly closed to trade by H
x = ; ! fßo^so^ on the part of S
H 1 Geiyf^tny; Rnglandand France American diplo- H
I m niaby saw its chance, ai^ of shrewdness B
g qf rts own not &nly op^n^cfrwicie the door of . H
I= I GhiiifV to trade, but failed it open B
m i The dnter^stmg inside t ijistpry of this is told by H
%g ;! f I^redefick Mc^ormick in ** HoY^Arhenc^ Got Into H
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Mrs: W. W^ Briggs
One of Writers Who
Will Act in Play
ORIGINAL FARCE
TO BE PRESENTED
Piedmont Society • Women to
Appear in a Play Written
by Themselves
OAKLAND, Dec. 27.— The first of a
series of - original .productions, to be
staged by. '.the Piedmont dramatic so
ciety, will -take place : Friday evening
in Mowbray . hall. .The proceeds will
be contributed. to the Mowbray hall as
sociation. The farce,. "A Misplaced
Donation,"' written : by three Piedmont
matrons, Mrs. Wallace Wheaton Briggs,
Mrs. E. D. Crandall and Mrs. Frederick
Helmboldt. will be given. \
Those ,in the .cast are three authors
and Mrs. Wallace Dow and Mrs. Earl
Nickel., '
• A musical program will be rendered
by -Reginald Keene of. San Francisco,
who will sing the "Sword Songr," and
Mrs." Briggs, . who will, be heard In
"Haymaking," by. 'Xeedham. : Mrs.
Briggs and Keene Will contribute a
duet from "The ..Love Tales of Hoff
man."
The second dramatic evening planned
by the newly organized society prob
ably; will be given. in -Ebell. club house.
The farce will be from the pen of Karl
Nickel' and Gerald P. Beaumont
PETALUMAN BURNED IN
ROLE OF SANTA CLAUS
H. F. Arenberg's Clothes Catc^
Fire at Tree 1
[Special Dispatch to The Call)
. PETALUMA, Dec. 27. — H.; F. Aren
berg, who impersonated Santa Claus
last night at a family^ Christmas tree,
was badly burned when his clothes
were ignited from a candle on th« tree.
He .is In .a' critical" condition 'in the
Petaluma "hospital.. . Arenberg is a
manufacturer of -Petal umal '\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0-
SUDDEN DEATH OF
A PIONEER BANKER
L. W. Forsting, Vice Presideni
of a Fruitvale Bank, Sue» f
cumbs to Heart Disease J
OAKLAND, Dec. 27.— Attacked bj*
heart failure. L. W. Forsting. one oft
the pioneer banking men of Oakland. 1
having been one of the original \u25bastock:
holders In the Central bank of OaklandJ
and vice president of the Citizen*' hank]
of.Fruitvale, dropped dead this after J
noon in the rear -of Moyle's groceryJ
2001 Fruitvale avenue.
Forsting had gone there after a con«|
versation with George K. Mowle. "vTh«n»J
after an hour had passed and the agedjJ
man had not reappeared Moyle becam«»]
alarmed and opened the door of the'
room. He found the banker lying dead!
on the floor. The remains were removed
to the Fruitvale morgue, -where an
autopsy revealed that heart disease
was. the cause of death. The - inauest
will be held tomorrow afternoon.
'. Forsting wag one of the pioneer sat*
tiers of Oakland and took an. active
part in its early banking Interests. He
was also largely interested in develop-
Ing-mlnlng properties. He had lived for
several years at "the home of L. Roy.
Robertson, cashier of .the Fruitvala*
bank, 2306 Fruitvale avenue. •
The only relatives of the aged bank-;
er, so far as is known, are a married;
son and daughter .livin? at El Paso,
Tex. Until word is received from them'
no arrangements will be made for the
funeral. Forsting was SO years old.
CORPORATION TAX LAW*
ATTACKED BY FORAKER
Unconstitutional, Ohioan De—!
dares in Supreme Court Brief I
WASHINGTON*. Dec. 27.— The contest
over the constitutionality of the cor
poration tax was renewed today In the
supreme "court "of the United States,/
when former Senator Forakar of Ohio
filed a brief attacking the law..
The brief submitted today argrue*
that >the tax is laid neither on the cor
poration itself and its franchise nor oq
Its business, but on the entire net In
come.
The feature of the. tax which pro-*
vide? for publicity of the returns ow
which the tax is ascertained is at-*
tacked, despite the amendment lastt!
summer. This amendment provided
that the. returns should be made public*
only under rules and regulations which,,
finally promulgated, provided for re-^
strlctions on publicity in certain re-*
spects. but left open for inspection th«
returns of corporations whose stock;
was listed on a stock exchange or ad
vertised in the pr* s -»* or offered for sala^
OFFICERS NOMINATED BY j
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY?!
Prof. William Davis of Harvard]
to Be President
PITTSBURG. Dec. 27.— The Ameri^i
can geological society nominated for;
election to serve next year:
President,- Prof. TVIIHatn T>nvl* rf nirrard;
t!c«V presidents— "W". » N*. Rice. Conaectlcut We*.,
leyan; W. R. Srott. Prlnfptf>n: (.ecrpfary.-Dr. B.
O. HoTey, American Jlusenm of Natural Hl»« '
tory. New York City: treasurer. W. B. Clark.
Johns* Hopkins; librarian. 11. "P. dishing, West-!
em Reserve. - '
The retiring president. Dr. Arnold
Hague, made' his annual address to-[
night and the annual smoker was held*j
STTZCIDE OF DI3CHAKG^D SAILOR— ?eattl».
Dec. 27. — Joseph A. Mullaney. recently honor
ably dlsohargeir f rom ' thn l-'nited States nary,
wher* he aerred a* first cla«« «iaarterma»t«r •
on the receiving ship Philadelphia, committed
suicide In aa uptown hot^t yesterday by taking
potson. Mnllaaey was with<mt fnitds and. w»
despondent. . -